If she’s going to reach out like this, it might have been a good idea to suggest the various counseling resources available on campus. I guess maybe she did so between strips, and Amber’s not likely to get help anyway.

I’ve posted some of them on my sister blog “Yotwomoe” but a good chunk of them are still in my hard drive. Also if you wanna check out my stuff you can try my main blog Yotomoe. Sorry for the self-plug.

Know that scene in Airplane where a line forms to beat the tar out of the hysterical woman?

I could see us all waiting like that to take a crack at Blaine. It would stretch for miles, concessions vendors would be walking around selling hot dogs and beer, people would bring sleeping bags for the wait.

“I mean seriously, the savage beating they laid down on this guy. I don’t believe any tortured past or personal vendetta could justify what was done to this man. I mean the person who did this could not have a soul or any redeeming qualities. And definitely doesn’t deserve to date a guy like Danny.

Suddenly I really hope that Amber suddenly blurts out a confession from the way Ruth’s unknowing poking at her guilt. I would really like to see them bonding over having anger issues and violent streaks that have lately started dragging them down!

And then Ruth can become Amber’s Oracle, using the inside info she gets as RA to pass on useful tips about problems that need solving. She even has the red hair and glasses.

I think we lost Amazi-Girl in the parking lot outside the AAA office. If you do a tag search for “amazi-girl”, you will find that Blaine’s beatdown was administered by Amber, not Amazi-Girl, and her only appearance since then was as the front-page picture in the IDS.

If he is the animal, then she is at least half animal. Yeah, yeah, temperament’s not really genetic, but there is a nurture aspect. Mike had a point when he pointed out Amber’s preference for submissive types, and the recent show of fury proves that Amber can indeed be at least as bad as her father when properly riled. She has not yet crossed a Moral Event Horizon, and Blaine definitely deserved what he got, but there is still the potential that Amber could become a second generation abuser. It happens surprisingly often in the real world, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Blaine were one.

Didn’t Ruth’s brother Howard introduce himself to everyone by shouting “Game of Thrones! Game of Thrones!”
I suspect Ruth’s exasperation would’ve been the same if he’d been yelling “Doctor Who! Doctor Who!”

Surely a REAL fan would have loved that introduction, and wanted everyone to see it regardless of age or what else was happening. So obviously, Ruth isn’t a real fan, and for all practical purposes is the same as someone who hates it.

Charles is going to be all conflicted when it turns out Ruth dies in an accident because she pushes George Martin out of the way of an out of control truck, though.

Hehe. Point taken. While you might argue the material is inappropriate for a sixteen year old, I guess I felt put off. Anywho, I watched more R-rated movies when I was thirteen than I have movies period since and I turned out…*looks at himself* Okay, I’m supertech short of a supervillain but that’s unrelated!

I kinda looked back through the archives and… noticing that there was a lot of evidence pointing to Amber being the campus vigilante that Ruth could have picked up on. The appearance of them in the dorm when she was about to throwdown in the dorm with Billie, the quick escape down the stairs, and… Faz being tied up and delivered to her by Dina to “return to sender” with a rope that had a grappling hook. Now unless Dina is secretly a rock climber and can shapeshift to have a less slender and curvier physique with short brown hair, why ELSE would there be a rope with a grappling hook just available to use to dispose of an unwanted pest?

Or perhaps Ruth does know, isn’t saying so, and is being really quite vicious with a very passive aggressive way of telling Amber that she thinks she’s absolutely psychotic for what she did to Blaine. I would hope not, though.

Oh, I’m looking at you! For too long you talking bears have been stealing our picnic baskets and shooting us with your damn belly rainbow lasers (maybe I don’t WANNA care ya ever think of that???). Now your beating up svumbags, taking away the jobs of aspiring *human* vigilantes everywhere! The line ends here and now!

Total Props for Ruth here, but unfortunately, I don’t think it helped… especially that last little bit, unknowingly calling Amber a “crazy animal.” Mind you, this is that same kind of lack of knowledge that Danny is usually stuck with. So yea, yay for Danny actually being informed at this stage.

While everything is set up for a Ruth/Billie angle and they are fan favorites, scenes like this make me think there could be fun Ruth/someone like Amber relationships. Since Amber has a doppleganger already, maybe there’s MORE STILL.

I have consulted with my avatar and they say that this arrangement as presented is unacceptable. Then there was a lot of chanting “Billie/Ruth forever”. Then a quick bit of whispering, and a chagrined admission that a threesome of some variety might be acceptable.